Immigration-related flights in and out of Missouri increased more than 200% in the first year of the Trump administration. Kansas City International Airport is central to these deportation efforts, but there's almost nothing KCI or the city can do.

A Kansas City, Kansas, woman filed whistleblower and civil rights claims against the housing authority, saying employees misused federal funds in exchange for tenants’ food stamps. The scheme preyed upon “the most vulnerable” residents, the lawsuit says.

Terry Young, 21, agreed to plead guilty to a weapons charge as more serious charges were dropped. Jackson County Prosecutor Melesa Johnson said she and the victim’s family were disappointed in the outcome, but Missouri’s “Stand Your Ground” defense tied her hands.

After a two-year court battle, Sniper 1 can finally be identified as Keaton Siebenaler. KCUR and The Midwest Newsroom have confirmed he departed the Joplin Police Department in August and graduated from the MSHP academy last week.

The family of Charles Adair, who died last July after a sheriff’s deputy knelt on his back, said Wyandotte County Sheriff Daniel Soptic showed “deliberate indifference” in failing to train his deputies. Deputy Richard Fatherley, who has been charged with second-degree murder in Adair’s death, is also named in the suit.

Donald Fields was indicted in 2022 but not arrested until 2025. He also faces multiple state charges including child rape and molestation.

One day after the Missouri House Speaker threatened to block the effort, Kansas City Council members narrowly passed a ban on selling single-serve alcohol bottles in several specific neighborhoods.

Even in the Midwest, the cost of life’s essentials is going up. Rising everyday expenses, including food, energy and transportation, are straining household budgets. We invite you to share how you are affording life in 2026 in a short survey.

The machines — which are found in many gas stations, bars and convenience stores — have been a flashpoint in Missouri public policy circles for years. A federal judge recently ruled the devices are illegal gambling machines.

Owen Ramsingh, the Columbia father who was detained by ICE late last year, has been banned from the United States because of a drug possession charge from when he was a teenager. Despite efforts from the Columbia community, he was deported to the Netherlands in February.

Idella “Lupi” Gardner, 38, is believed to have fired the shot that killed Aviva Okeson-Haberman, a KCUR reporter, nearly five years ago, a federal judge said Monday. Aviva Okeson-Haberman’s murder was “emblematic of the senseless, everyday gun violence that plagues this community,” a federal prosecutor said.

St. Louis, FEMA and Missouri went back and forth on requests for tornado recovery help, clarity and time — at times taking months to respond. Here's how the last 10-plus months passed with little progress.